Les prix du Design Exchange Awards 2009 ont été remis le 24 novembre dernier à Toronto. Les designers du square des Frères-Charon on reçut l'appellation Silver en architecture de paysage ainsi que la Ville comme client.

Square des Frères Charron.
Photo: Denis Tremblay

Landscape Architecture

SILVER

Project: Square Des Frères-Charon

Designer: Affleck + de la Riva

Client: City of Montréal, Direction des Grands Parcs et de la Nature en Ville

Built as a response to the urban revitalisation of a disaffected industrial sector, Square des Frères-Charon is an entirely new public amenity in a space that is more than 150 years old. The square provides identity, civic pride, and generous outdoor areas for all-season public use. While modest in scale and budget, the square is an essential component of McGill Street’s larger network of historic spaces, and is a key element in Montreal’s cultural tourism branding strategy.

The project uses a simple, refined, and minimalist architectural language to create a dialogue between circular and cylindrical forms, including a garden of wild grasses, the vestiges of the windmill and a park pavilion in the form of a belvedere-folly. Complementing these gestures, the lighting scheme proposes a chromatic garden that alludes to the changing seasons. Sustainable initiatives include the planting of local species of wild grasses and the use of durable Quebec granite.»

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